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RFC 1445 - 2.9. SNMPv2 Management Communication

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### 2.9. SNMPv2 Management Communication

A SNMPv2 management communication is a communication from one specified SNMPv2 party to a second specified SNMPv2 party about management information that is contained in a SNMPv2 context accessible by the appropriate SNMPv2 entity. In particular, a SNMPv2 management communication may be

- a query by the originating party about information accessible to the addressed party (e.g., getRequest, getNextRequest, or getBulkRequest),

- an indicative assertion to the addressed party about information accessible to the originating party (e.g., Response, InformRequest, or SNMPv2-Trap),

- an imperative assertion by the originating party about information accessible to the addressed party (e.g., setRequest), or

- a confirmation to the addressed party about information received by the originating party (e.g., a Response confirming an InformRequest).

A management communication is represented by an ASN.1 value with the following syntax:

            SnmpMgmtCom ::= [2] IMPLICIT SEQUENCE {
              dstParty
                 OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
              srcParty
                 OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
              context
                 OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
              pdu
                 PDUs
            }

For each SnmpMgmtCom value that represents a SNMPv2 management communication, the following statements are true:

- Its dstParty component is called the destination and identifies the SNMPv2 party to which the communication is directed.

- Its srcParty component is called the source and identifies the SNMPv2 party from which the communication is originated.

- Its context component identifies the SNMPv2 context containing the management information referenced by the communication.

- Its pdu component has the form and significance attributed to it in [2].

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